Polyglot Dictionary

Bedürfnis

/bəˈdʏʁfnɪs/

das noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Bedürfnisse

Meaning

  1. need

    • Jeder hat andere Bedürfnisse.

      Everyone has different needs.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

bedarf

Bedürfnis is more personal or psychological, an emotional need; Bedarf is more practical or economic, like market demand or a specific requirement.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

demanda

Close — a need relates to a demand.

Practice

1 What does Bedürfnis mean?

2 Fill the gap: Jeder hat andere ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Bedürfnis?

noun

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